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Visible from space, Sudan's bloodied sands expose a massacre of thousands

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Re: Visible from space, Sudan's bloodied sands expose a massacre of thousands

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Post by recroad »

vladgur wrote: post #10

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GTFO with that "real" genocide line. There are atrocities everywhere in this world. The difference is whether your country is funding it and providing political cover for it. In one case they are not, and in the other they are. In the case they are, there is legitimate and justified outrage.

Re: Visible from space, Sudan's bloodied sands expose a massacre of thousands

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Post by random9749832 »

ceejayoz wrote: post #24
random9749832 wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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It’s almost like hundreds of years of damage takes a bit to undo.

You realise that the whole world has suffered through tons of atrocities right?

Should we go through the history of India, China, Cambodia...

Re: Visible from space, Sudan's bloodied sands expose a massacre of thousands

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Post by testdelacc1 »

hi41 wrote: post #12

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The Europeans left more than 50 years ago. In your weird world view, only Europeans have any agency. Their actions before the 1960s is why the Arab RSF is murdering black people in 2025, amirite? The Arabs have no agency of their own, they’re just instruments of the will of long dead European people.

There is always a choice! The choice the RSF made today is entirely on them. Don’t try to deflect that.

Re: Visible from space, Sudan's bloodied sands expose a massacre of thousands

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Post by bonsai_spool »

random9749832 wrote: post #25
ceejayoz wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s almost like hundreds of years of damage takes a bit to undo.

You realise that the whole world has suffered through tons of atrocities right? Should we go through the history of India, China, Cambodia...

I mean, each of the countries you cited (India, China, Cambodia - formerly part of ‘Indochine’) had very well known colonial mistreatment… not sure if you were aware

Re: Visible from space, Sudan's bloodied sands expose a massacre of thousands

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Post by ch4s3 »

alephnerd wrote: post #11

Sadly, yet another bloody chapter of the Abu Dhabi (al Nahyan) - Doha (al Thani) feud that has been going on since the 2011 coup attempt [0], which itself is part of a longer multi-generational blood feud going on between the royal families [4]. The Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia, and Balkans are all burning because of this saga [1]. The UAE backs the RSF [2] (formerly known as the Janjaweed of the Darfur Ge…

The bargain the US has made with Qatar continues to prove itself as conceptually flawed and generally terrible. While the UAE deserves plenty of blame here, the Qataris are as usual up to their elbows in other people’s blood.

Re: Visible from space, Sudan's bloodied sands expose a massacre of thousands

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Post by random9749832 »

bonsai_spool wrote: post #27
random9749832 wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You realise that the whole world has suffered through tons of atrocities right? Should we go through the history of India, China, Cambodia...

I mean, each of the countries you cited (India, China, Cambodia - formerly part of ‘Indochine’) had very well known colonial mistreatment… not sure if you were aware

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Re: Visible from space, Sudan's bloodied sands expose a massacre of thousands

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Post by jmyeet »

As always, conflicts are much easier to understand when viewed through the lens of materialism.

Factors such as ethnicity or religion are never the reason for these conflicts. Those are simply the excuse. It’s what’s used to fuel the fire.

The heart of this conflict is Sudan’s gold that’s laundered via Dubai then Switzerland.

The culpability of Western powers including the US cannot be ignored either. The RSF is supplied with diverted arms shipments from the West to the UAE.

Just like in Gaza the US could stop this at any time with a phone call.

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